Quote:He was startled at the ease with which it came together –- almost as if his missing four brothers were in fact there, lending their power.You've got me thinking of the finale to first-season Sailor Moon here...
Quote:(Everywhere I find this style, I should note, it's universally acknowledged to be stereotypically Japanese. This made — and still makes — absolutely no sense to me, because the faces rendered in it rarely if ever look Asian. And needless to say, it bore no resemblance whatsoever to any Japanese commercial art with which I was familiar from Homeline. If you ask me, it looks more like some offshoot of Disney's style than anything even remotely Japanese. But that's neither here nor there.)I assume you put this in because you actually know the history of that art style.
(For those who don't, the five-cent version: Tezuka-sama was inspired by Disney when he created Astro Boy, and everyone else in Japan was inspired by Tezuka-sama.)
Quote:"I should know better than to give you ideas. Does this mean I have to address you as 'High Programmer' now when you wear a white shirt?"You should worry when a question like this comes from your friend, computer.
(And I'm guessing Eimi still hasn't convinced Doug to try playing a roleplaying game... Ah, well.)
Quote:"Eimi" and "Noah Scott" and any representations thereof are copyright by and trademarks of Robert Kelk.And are used with permission. (Just in case I hadn't mentioned that previously.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012